More than just cutting down trees

We don’t just cut down trees; Hills Landscaping offers a full range of tree maintenance and plant life management services in the Hills District, such as; tree pruning, vegetation management along roads and rail passages, powerline clearing, mowing, slashing, grounds maintenance and root barrier setup.

To provide these services in a progressively sophisticated market, the Hills Landscaping technique is simple: Integrate highly trained professionals with a modern-day fleet of specialized plant and equipment supported by strenuous interactive management systems to deliver high quality services for our customers.

Ongoing partnerships with our client base of government, utilities, road and rail operators and facility supervisors is our objective and we have been attaining this since 1992.

The best components for success

Our team: With over 70 highly competent workers and subcontractors trained in the most recent market standards and best practices, you know your task is in capable hands.

Specialized equipment: From insulated elevating work platforms to whole tree chippers, four wheel drive stump mills to purpose built crane trucks and ride on lawn mowers to root cutters, our detailed fleet of specialized plant and equipment means we have the resources to complete even the biggest and most complicated projects.

Systems with the customer in mind!: Imagine having a window into your contractors’ business; being able to gain access to quotes and invoices, accept and track projects and perform desk top audits at a time that fits you from the comfort of your office. With Hills Landscaping’s innovative systems we offer just that!

All of this supported by our sophisticated quality, OH&S; and ecological management system designed to deliver customer focused services with a risk management approach to safety and ecological problems to guarantee that your direct exposure to risk is well managed.

Offering you peace of mind

Whilst our team stick to sophisticated risk management processes we still keep various insurance plans for those unpredicted occurrences to guarantee sufficient protection of ourselves and our client.

Playing an active role in the Arboriculture market

Hills Landscaping is devoted to preserving the highest arboriculture standards.

Hills Landscaping plays an active role in the market through our subscriptions, sponsorships and leadership of different market organisations.

We have fulfilled the rigorous subscription requirements set by some of these organisations and this is just another way our customers can be assured of our reliability, skills and safety.

At Hills Landscaping we believe that our team need a constant, organised risk management approach to deliver terrific outcomes. Our systems deliver all of this and so much more.

As a valued customer we will provide you with your own secure login to gain access to our interactive web enabled operating system through any internet web browser. It’s convenient, simple and enables higher capability to track and manage your job.

Hills Landscaping’s integrated management system has accomplished 3rd party accreditation from SAI International Assurance Services as meeting the requirements of

• ISO 9001:2000 quality

• AS 4801:2001 occupational health and safety

• ISO 14001:2004 environmental management

Our Services

• Tree Maintenance

Tree pruning or removal either separately, in groups or as part of a program; stump grinding, root pruning and root barrier setup.

Our certified and experienced arborists together with our fleet of specialized plant and equipment will prune or remove your tree/s in accordance with Australian Standard AS 4373-2007 Pruning Amenity Trees, Workcover Tree Work Code of Practice and WorkCover Work Near Overhead Powerlines Code of Practice.

We have certified dogmen, crane and elevated work platform operators to remove large trees in hard positions. All tree waste is processed into recyclable leaf mulch utilizing our fleet of wood chippers.

Our variety of stump grinders| means we can easily remove large hard stumps from sites with limited access. We likewise have root cutters and personnel experienced with the setup of root barriers.

• Powerline Vegetation Clearing

Pruning and removing trees to keep clearances to overhead powerlines and electrical infrastructure

We can look after all of your powerline vegetation  cleaning requirements with our insulated elevating work platforms that fulfill the requirements of AS 1418.10, purpose built tip trucks and wood chippers and ground line slashing equipment paired with our certified and experienced CATT (close approach tree trimming) personnel authorized by Energy Australia and Rail Corporation NSW.

Contact us today to find out more about our services or to get a quote.

• Grounds Maintenance Services

Trimming, slashing and generalresidential or commercial property maintenance activities

Our fleet of specialised plant and equipment consists of flail and commercial lawn mowers. Whether it be ground line slashing under powerlines, clearing around poles or substations, easement clearing or grounds mowing we have the best equipment and experienced personnel for the application.

• Vegetation Management

Managing vegetation along roads, electrical easements and rail passages using a range of approaches

Vegetation management along roads, fire trails and rail passages is our specialty. With our specialised elevating work platforms, crane trucks, hi-rail tip trucks and wood chippers and our team of highly skilled arborists and commercial rope access professionals, we have the proficiency and resources to complete even the most complicated projects.

Keep In Mind: Industrial Rope Access is a safe system of work for hard access sites such as cliff faces, rock cuttings along road & rail passages, buildings, dams and bridges.

Contact us today to find out more about our services or to get a quote.

• 24 Hour Emergency Service

We are devoted to providing 24 Hour Emergency Support to our customers. That means you can call our emergency number, at any time of the day, any day of the year and be guaranteed fast, effective and reliable response from among our devoted Area Supervisors who will dispatch a team of highly competent professionals to resolve your emergency.

• Arborist Consulting and Reports

Hills Landscaping has developed strategic alliances with numerous consulting arborists throughout our service area for the benefit of our customers.

Our Devices

We have a variety of equipment to assist us in our daily activities consisting of;

1. Elevated Work Platforms

Our fleet of insulated and electrically tested elevating work platforms (EWP) is particularly designed for close approach tree cutting (CATT) around live electrical infrastructure.

Tree maintenance and removal in the urban environment needs operators to continuously work around overhead electrical infrastructure and with our specialised equipment we perform this work in the best possible way. To further guarantee the safe functioning of our equipment, electrical testing of all EWP is carried out on a 6 monthly basis. All EWP fulfill the requirements of Australian Standard AS/NZS 1418.10-2004 Cranes, Hoists and Winches Part 10 Elevating Work Platforms.

2. Insulated Devices

All EWP are equipped with insulated electrically tested hydraulic long reach chainsaws and pulling sticks particularly designed for close approach tree cutting, (CATT) around live electrical infrastructure.

Ride On Mowers

With our fleet of ride on lawn mowers, our team makes carrying out your grounds maintenance simple, fast and safe. All our ride on lawn mowers are fitted with ROPS, o% grade capability low emissions and so on

3. Crane Trucks

Crane trucks provide higher efficiency and improved safety in removing trees.

With their capacity to lift large loads and therefore lowering our teams’ direct exposure to manual handling injuries whilst processing tree waste on the ground. Hills Landscaping has a 6 tonne truck mounted crane with telescopic reach of 15 metres. The crane is mounted on a bogie drive truck with a 25m3 tipping body.

4. Tip Trucks

Covered tip trucks are used to tow wood chippers and gather leaf mulch in a safe manner in which reduces any pollution.

All tip trucks have purpose built canopies designed to safely contain Leaf Mulch and Wood Chip whilst allowing airflow and lowering dust triggering air pollution. We have a range of tip trucks that vary from 7m3 to 25m3 capacity to perform any task big or small.

5. Root Cutter

In a constantly developing metropolitan environment root barriers have ended up being an essential technique in maintaining the harmony of trees and infrastructure.

The Hills Landscaping root cutter is specially designed to cut a narrow trench through earth whilst nicely cutting roots to allow the setup of root barrier.

6. Wood Chippers

We have a range of wood chippers that vary from 225mm to 500mm capacity.

All our wood chippers are fitted with the most recent safety functions and fulfill the requirements of Australian Design Standards. As an included safety function, we guarantee that a choice of our wood chippers are fitted with winches to reduce manual handling injuries.

If you need the best services that you can not find anywhere else, contact us today to find out more about us or to get a complimentary quote.